Storage battery.



T. A. WILLARD.

STORAGE BATTERY. APPLlATloN mep nc.2|. 1914,

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Patnted Dee. 4,1917;

T. A. WILLARD.

STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.2I. 1914.

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orrioii THEODORE A. WILLARD, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO WILLABID STOBAGE- BATTERY COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

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To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Tiariiononii A. WIL- LARD, a citizen of the United States residing at Cleveland, in the count of hoga and State of Ohio, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement 1 n Storage Batteries, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Y

This invention relates to storage batteries and has for its main object the provision of certain improvements which increase the efficiency, action, and durability of storage batteries. n

More specifically considered, the invention resides in means for preventing a high rise in temperature by providing for very rapid dissipation of heat, and also in a means for preventing loss of electrolyte by slopping or by being carried away in the form of a vapor or with a gas that is given ofi" while the battery is being charged, the latter being accomplished by a peculiarly shaped device whicli I terni a condensing dome and is designed to be provided in the cover.

My invention may be further briefly suinmarized as consisting in certain details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be described in the specification and set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings wherein I have shown one embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view substantially along the line 1-1 of Fig. 3; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view substantially along the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the cover including the condensing dome, this view being on a somewhat enlarged scale; Figs. 4 and 5 are side and bottom plan views, respectively, on a still further enlarged scale, of the condensing dome.

Referring to the drawings, 10 represents the casing or container of the battery, the casing being preferably formed of wood and provided with an inner lead lining. The battery includes the positive and negative plates 11 which are supported at a suitable distance from the bottom of the container on supports 12, the plates being provided with terminal posts 13 extending outwardly through the cover. The parts so far described may be of any suitable construction.

l Referring now tothe upper part of the Specification of Letters Patent.

duyai Patented Dec. 4, 191W..

Application led December 21, 1914. Serial-No. 878,241.

stance is made of lead, in order that it will not be affected by the acid of the battery and in order that it may conduct heat rapidly. The cover has along its marginal edges a laterally projecting flange 14b which will be lead-burned to the upper marginal portion of the lead lining of the container. The c over is provided also with a pair of oppositely disposed flanged openings or. bosses 14 through which the terminal posts. 13 extend and in which they are securely fastened by any suitable insulating securing material 15.

T he cover is provided along its longitudinal center line and near one end of the battery with an upturned circular flange 14 forming an annular opening in which is seated what I have previously termed the condensing dome 16. This condensing dome, as wi'll be observed particularly from Fig. 1, is in the form of a hollow lead chamber provided with a laterally extending annular flange 16a which rests upon the upper edge of the iiange 14 of the cover. The cylindrical portion of the dome extending downwardly beneath the flange 16 is provided. on its periphery with a series of spacing ribs 16h, any number of which may be provided and which engage with a close sliding fit the inner peripheral wall or surface of the upturned flange 14 on the cover. This dome will not be fastened to the cover, but is seated in and on the iiaiige, as above stated, in such a manner that it can be lifted olf the cover when desired for the purpose of inspecting the parts beneath or of replenishing the battery solution.

.It will be observed that the dome is provided with a bottom or bottom wall 16, the middle portion of which is convexed upwardly so that the center of the bottom wall is higher than the marginal portions. Along the in argin of the bottom wall are provided a series of inletopenings 16d, the numberV of which can be varied to suit requirements, these openings being provided for the ingress into the dome of vapor or gas which passes from the battery, particularly during the charging period. The top wall 16e of the dome which is rounded or domeshaped, as shown in the drawings, is provided at the center point with an outlet opening or vent 16f, and with a downwardly projecting vent tube 16g which extends down toward and nearly to the convex or upwardly bowed part of the bottom wall 16 of the dome.

Additionally, the cover 14 and the dome 16 are provided with integral upwardly extending heat radiating flanges or ribs those on the cover being designated 14h an those on the dome being designated 16h. It willbe observed that the ribs on the cover and dome all radiate from the center or vertical axis of the dome.

By reason of the construction of the dome, it is practically impossible for the battery solution to slop or splash out through the vent. opening, this belng vtrue particularly reaching the vent or outlet opening, and

because they pass upwardly and come in contact with the cooled top of the dome in passing from the inlet opening 16d to the outlet openin 16f, a considerable portion of vthe vapor w11 be condensed and will fall on to the convex bottom wall of the dome and then pass by gravity back into the battery. Additionally, most of the electrolyte which is carried into the dome by hydrogen which is evolved during the charging perlods will attach itself or collect on the walls .of the dome and eventually drop back into the battery, very little passing from the dome with the gas.

Not only do the flanges 14h and 16l1 cause i the rapid dissipation of heat, but they also serve to strengthen the cover and dome, permitting the use of thin metal which is deslrable from the standpoints ofeconomy and havin lightness, and also because a thinmetal cover wlth heat radiating flanges results in a more rapid dissipation of heat than 'a more massive cover. It might be added also that the radial arrangement of the ribs results in a much better cooling effect than ribs extending in one direction, especially when my invention is applied to batteries used forv fect as in the radial arrangement.l 4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A storage battery havin a cover pro-v vided With a condensing cham er, the chamber having ribs on its outer surface. Y

2. A storage battery having a cover pro-y vided with an annular dome-shaped chambered member 'for the condensation of va-l pors, the said chambered member having on the exterlor a plurallty of flanges.

3. A storage battery having a cover provided with an opening, a condensing dome held in the opening, said dome and cover external ribs or flanges.

4. storage battery havmg a cover provided with an opening therein, a condensing dome in the opening, said cover and dome having ribs or flanges radiating from the center or axis of the dome.

' 5. A storage battery having a cover provided with a condensing dome, said cover and dome having external radially disposed ribs or flanges.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my signature in the resence of two witnesses.

THE DORE A. WIL "S Witnesses:

E. B. GILCHRIsrr, Il. I. PORTER.

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